Femur fractures in infants
| dc.contributor.author | van As, Arjan Bastiaan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Garach, Sharadh | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-08T08:27:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-09-08T08:27:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-08T09:25:27Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Trauma Unit of the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital annually manages approximately 10 000 children under the age of 12 years. Approximately 500 (5%) present with non-accidental injuries (NAIs) which can further be categorised as resulting from sexual abuse (approximately 150 – 1.5%) and physical abuse (approximately 350 – 3.5%). We recently admitted 5 infants under 1 year, all with femur fractures, in 1 week. Practitioners should be alert for the possibility of NAI and abuse in infants presenting with any type of femur fracture, and investigate, manage and refer appropriately to ensure optimal patient care and outcome. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | van As, A. B., & Garach, S. (2008). Femur fractures in infants. <i>South African Medical Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21724 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | van As, Arjan Bastiaan, and Sharadh Garach "Femur fractures in infants." <i>South African Medical Journal</i> (2008) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21724 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Van As A. B., & Garach, S. R. (2008). Femur fractures in infants: clinical images: SAMJ forum. South African Medical Journal, 98(1), 23-24. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - van As, Arjan Bastiaan AU - Garach, Sharadh AB - The Trauma Unit of the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital annually manages approximately 10 000 children under the age of 12 years. Approximately 500 (5%) present with non-accidental injuries (NAIs) which can further be categorised as resulting from sexual abuse (approximately 150 – 1.5%) and physical abuse (approximately 350 – 3.5%). We recently admitted 5 infants under 1 year, all with femur fractures, in 1 week. Practitioners should be alert for the possibility of NAI and abuse in infants presenting with any type of femur fracture, and investigate, manage and refer appropriately to ensure optimal patient care and outcome. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Medical Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Femur fractures in infants TI - Femur fractures in infants UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21724 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21724 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | van As AB, Garach S. Femur fractures in infants. South African Medical Journal. 2008; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21724. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Paediatrics and Child Health | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Medical Journal | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj | |
| dc.title | Femur fractures in infants | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |